Rail-clip.



H. L. BOXU',

RAIL CLIP.

hPPLiCATIQN man FEB. a, 1911.

1 ,227,526@ 7 Patented May 22, 191?.

. 'EWQ m nwavm/e Haw-2:9 i jiqyia VMQM ZM erases mar o 1 HARRY L. BOYLE,or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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i To all whom it may m m.-

Be itknown that l HARRY L. Borne; a

citizen of the United States, residing at 978 'Seventyfifth" a-vennepcitly' of; Oakland, n

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the county of Alameda, State ol' Cal have invented certain newandzusefnl Iniprovements'l n-Rall-Chpsaot which the following is aspecification.

y th'e'tie by meansof the usual drive spike 3, and 4 denotes in generalany improved clip, which in Figs. 1 and 2'is shown attached to rail. e5

" are bent;

This invention relates to improvements in railcllps and has as itsprincipal ob ect the construction of an 1mproved device of thischaracter for holding a rail to the cross ties.

Another object of the present lIlVGlltlfll'l 13 to provide a device'n'lnch may he eheapl y Another '()l)]CCt' is to provide a device:construeted but which is effective inoperzu which may he placed inposition without lifting the rail'fro n the tie and which will preventCreepingot the rail. l

These and other-objects 1n menu the in- 'vention consists of certainnovel feati'njes in construction and arrangen'ient otparts hereindescribed and more specifically pointed out in the appended claims, itvheing under stood that changes in form, proportiom size and minordetails within the scope of the elaims may be resorted to v-withoutdeparting from the spirit of the ii'ivel-ition or, s ns rificing any ofthe advantages thereof.

To more fully eomprehend the invention reference should be. had to thedrawingsforming a part of the specification wherein: Figure l isa'v1e\v;1nside elevation ot a rail showing the manner in which my 'iniproved clipgis.used toaattaeh the same to a cross he. v a

"Fig, 2- is'a view in cross section'thimigh.

one of the rails showing niy lll'llll'flycd clip in positio'nthereon. a

' 1 .ig."3s is a View the clip as formedbefore being driven into the tieFigi 'is fragmentary view of one end of the device sl'iowingthemanner-1n which the same s cut before theholdmg portions Referring tothe corresponding parts in the several views'by the same l'llll'IlQllllSoi referenee: 1 denotes a orosstie'havmgthe rail '2, seated thereon. 'lle.-1'ail is. held'to Specification of Letters Patent.

portion 5.

in perspective showing and bent around the flange of the Patented Ma 22,1am,

a licanan flied February a, 1917. Serial No. i47,4s7,

' This clip consistsfolhthe llat .(tentral port on frhavmg' similarlyformed ends, each oi; whieh consists of the curved spike (3 adapted tohe driven. into the cross tie and shown on Fig. 1. This. portion tapersfrom the liase 8 to the-point T, and heing suhstaning-in p'idthtowardthe outer end 11. v

It will he noted from Fig. l that thepor- 'tions (Sand 9 are hothsheared vfrom the ividthol material'the-sami as the central 7 They areformed by 'a liagonal cut 12 the two portions being then bent in ii'plane at. right angles to that ol" the liody 5 but in oppositedirections in. respect to the latterl 'lhe spike (3: is then in additioncurved iorwardlv as v plainly illustrated in Fi s. 1 and 3,; l I

i n applying thed ev-iiethe spikes "6 thus "forn'ied are'driven into theside of the cross tie so that the upper silr'l'ace o'llmdy portion 5 ispositioned closely under the base flange oi the-rail.- 'lhe lugs E) arethen-bent in\\ai' dly until they eontactlwith tlie upper.

slntfai'e ol' the rail flange. I I

it is not my intention that these clips ontirely replacethe'fnsualholding spike but rather that they are auxiliary thereto.\Vh'en a railway train passes over the track,

therail'and tie aredebressed and alter the wheels have passed from agiven spot the rail/springs upwardly. v This tends to pull thespike from"the tie as the latter is held l'iy the ballast and with increased use aspike will finally Work loose and be ineffective to hold the rail. ll"this initial'pulling out of thespike an he prevented v it will firmlyhold the rail and tie higother.

My clip' aims to prevent any relative motion between the rail. and tie,thus preventing the initial working loose of the spike. It will readilybe seen that the (EOIlStlllCtlOll of the clip. is

such that it ivill efi'ectively perform this V tuncthin. the rail hy thebending over ofthe portions 9 and the ends (5 heing driven into the tiesubstantially parallel to the hottomof the The clip itself is firmlybound to.

rail, the ofl'ort or the tendency 'o'lthe rail to pull away from the tie'exercises no tende fcyto withdraw the (dip from the tie.- "Thus whenthe rail is depressed itrises after th'epassage of the train, and thetie'will be pulled with it without anystrain on the spike.

,In addition if suitably placed my clip will prevent creeping. of therails. It will be understood that in bending the lugs around the baseflange of the rail a firm grip is received in addition to whichoxidization soon makes itim'possibleto move the one in respect to theother, In cases of single track lines a clip may be placed on .each'sideof the tie or when the direction of creep is known then with the spikespointing in that dias there illustrated.

rection. In the case of multiple track systems it is well known that therail creep is in the direction of the current of traliic.

'Hencc if the e 'rent of traffic is in the direc- Fig. 1 the clip isplaced 1 tion of the arro\ in Now when the two are firmly bound togetherany creep will serve to drive the spike more firmly into the tie and thelatter will resist the tendency of therail to creep by the amount whichit is embedded in the ballast.

I claim as new and wish to cover by Letters Patent:

1. A rail clip comprising, in combination "with the cross tie, a bodyportion adapted to be positioned under the rail, lugs on each end ofsaid body portion adapted to embrace the base of said rail, andforwardly extending holding means adapted to be driven into the side ofthe tie. i

2. A rail clip comprlsing a fiat, body, portion, a holding lug and atapered spike formed integrally on each endof said body portion,said-spike being bent inv a plane at right angles to said bodyportio'nvand then curved in saidplane substantially parallel to theplane of said body porticni 3. A rail clip, comprising a flat bodyportion adapted to bepositioned under the rail,

'a tapered spike and a holding lug formed on said body portion by makinga each end 0 diagonal cut therein, said spike portion being first bentat right angles to the surface of said body and then parallel thereto inthe plane of the previously bent portion.

l. A rail clip comprising a fiat body por tion adapted to be positionedunderthe rail Hagan L. BjdYLE.

